25 JUNE 2020

The French striker has had his critics at Old Trafford but gave a lacklustre Blades outfit the run-around, opening the scoring with a close-range finish from a Marcus Rashford cross (7).

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Chris Wilder’s men did not heed that warning as they allowed another cross from the right flank from Aaron Wan-Bissaka to be clinically finished by Martial (44). He completed his hat-trick by finishing off a flowing move (74) that involved both Bruno Fernandes and Paul Pogba, who were starting together for the first time for Manchester United.

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The result stretches Ole Gunnar Solskjaer side’s unbeaten run to 13 games across all competitions – a period where they’ve scored 33 goals and conceded just three. It also moves them back to within two points of Chelsea in fourth – Frank Lampard’s side play Manchester City on Thursday.

Sheffield United’s season seems to be ending with a whimper having taken just one point from three games since the restart without scoring.

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Player ratings

Man Utd: De Gea (7), Wan-Bissaka (8), Lindelof (7), Maguire (7), Shaw (7), Matic (7), Fernandes (8), Pogba (8), Rashford (8), Greenwood (7), Martial (10)

Subs: Mata (N/A), Pereira (N/A), Ighalo (N/A), McTominay (N/A), James (N/A)

Sheff Utd: Moore (6), Baldock (6), Stevens (5), Basham (5), Jagielka (5), Robinson (5), Norwood (5), Fleck (5), Lundstram (6), Mousset (5), McGoldrick (5)

Subs: McBurnie (5), Berge (6), Zivkovic (5)

Man of the match: Anthony Martial